How to tell if a skimming device is attached to credit card reader

Police say if a credit card machine looks weird or tampered with, compare it to other card readers nearby to see if there’s a difference.

[sl]

Clickbait. Totally useless segment. Not one bit of info on how to detect if a skimmer is attached. Telling viewers to compare to other readers is useless if other readers are also compromised

[SciTrekMan]

“How to tell if a skimming device is attached to credit card reader” - proceeds to tell you next to nothing about how to do so.

[dosdannys]

Why do businesses not put in a written policy of checking those terminals by their employees daily as a way of conducting business.
Businesses have the power to stop this nonsense.

[Robin-euvs]

I want to know why you can buy these devices over the Internet. Attorney General of the US should put a stop to this

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Oh wait let me measure the length of the edge.

[David-qolz]

Often times the cashiers/attendants are in on the scam.

[countryvita]

So…..WHERE do the criminals GET the scamming devices IN THE FIRST PLACE?

[levibaer]

One thing I’ve learned through the years. A journalist will never tell you how to.

[dylantrout]

Why are police not doing anything to these store owners? They have cameras on the register but not on the skimmer? This is a thrid degree felony and police will do more work chasing shop lifters than protect the community from stuff like this.

[fringestream]

They should make them out of clear acrylic plastics

[SMNtenshinoneko]

Just don't swipe and use your phone . Yeah no info on this video

[Padoinky]

Why aren’t the establishments responsible for policing their payment devices? Is it b/c the payment clerks and/ or the store mgrs are in on the swipe scam?

If the operators of stores and the devices were held financially and legally responsible, no doubt they’d be “Jonny-on-the-spot”, but b/c the financial institutions are the ones on the hook, the stores don’t bother the police this activity

[chriscrespo]

So, I get it that the criminals attach these skimmers to high traffic areas. What I do not understand is how there has not been some form of scanning device invented so that business owners can scan their machines for tampering?
Where are these criminals 'reading' the stolen information from? There must be a way to 'follow the money if everything done online leaves a digital footprint?
Who manufactures the fake attachments? Surely, these are high-tech equipment purchases that could be traced?

[CorscaddenSalvato]

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[rgkukqb]

One store I frequent, puts their branded tape on the reader in the same place on all the machines. Originally, I thought it was to keep the older ones working before replacement.

[ManicOnTheBeat]

I'm broke barely getting by in life now I have to worry about this shit

[dylantrout]

Not only that police now say they can not give out the locations where the skim readers are found. Why are they always protecting the criminals??

[joelew]

Don't use debit card, as the money goes out of your bank account whereas credit card is a charge you can dispute.

[ujkncoq]

Yank the the shit out of it as they use 2 sided tape that will yank off. Use your smart phone to see if there is a blue tooth signal with no name but a series of numbers or letters.

[Allyourbase]

Man I would be absolutely livid if someone stole my credit card by using this .